• Seeking Empire This is where i learned There was more than one way to acquire more land. If the globe had already been claimed by imperial powers, the United States could always get lands held by others. Americans were feeling proud of their growing industrial and military prowers. Than they suggested that when treading on the toes of empires, America should start small. In 1898, Spain was weak and Americans knew it. Soon the opportunity to strike arose.
  
• The U.S.S Main. This is talking about the main and what mad it sink. when it was all said and done the U.S.S Main was laying on its side with its bow facing down in the water. It also shows how bad the wreckage was . It also shoes were the U.S.S Main was when it exploited.
• The Wreckage of the U.S.S. Main This is the website were i seen all the wreckage of the U.S.S Main. The U.S.S Main had very little left of it after it went up in flames.
• U.S.S .Main MemorialThis is website is were i found out about the memorial of the U.S.S Maine.The USS Maine met her fate over 110 years ago, it still lives on through markers identical to this one.Many artifacts that were recovered and given to towns, cities and organizations across the country. Near this marker, in the Hoboken, NJ Free Public Library, one of the U.S.S. Maine's cannon shells still rests on the circulation desk.
• U.S.S. Main(ACR-1) This is where I learned about the the crater of it.The ship was overall a length of 39`. The ship could hold 869 gallons of flue. The Main was a second class battleship and it was built at the Brooklyn yard in New York. I also learned about what all the ship had on it. it has close to one of the biggest guns on it.
  

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Summary of (U.S.S Maine)
http://www.ushistory.org/us/44c.asp Shane---------------after me repeated lectures about "do not copy and paste your summary" you still did it! Shame on you!
On February 1898, relations with the United States and Spain went to heck. Dupuy de Lôme, the Spanish minister to the United States wrote a stinging letter about President McKinley to a personal friend. The letter was taken and soon found itself on the desk of Hearst, who promptly published it on February 9. After public outcry, de Lôme was called back to Spain and the Spanish government apologized. The peace was short-lived,. On the evening of February 15, a shocking explosion tore a hole in the hull of the American battleship Maine, which had been on patrol in Havana harbor. America thought it was that the sinking of the Maine and the concomitant deaths of 260 sailors was the result of Spanish treachery. McKinley proceeded with prudence at first. When the Spanish government agreed to an armistice in Cuba and an end to concentration camps, a compromise was reached. But the American public, disagreed by the yellow press and American imperialists, demanded firm action. "Remember the Maine, to hell with Spain!" was the cry. On April 11, 1898, McKinley asked the Congress for permission to use force in Cuba. To send a message to the rest of the world that the United States was interested in Cuban independence instead of American colonization, Congress passed the Teller Amendment, which promised that America would not annex the precious islands The ship was overall a length of 39`. The ship could hold 869 gallons of flue. The Main was a second class battleship and it was built at the Brooklyn yard in New York. I also learned about what all the ship had on it. it has close to one of the biggest guns on it. The USS Maine met her fate over 110 years ago, it still lives on through markers. Many artifacts that were recovered and given to towns, cities and organizations across the country. the U.S.S Main was laying on its side with its bow facing down in the water. Than after that the America thought they should start small bye taking over land from the other contrary when the were at their week spots in time. In 1898, Spain was weak and Americans knew it. Soon the opportunity to strike arose.

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• Shane Trompke

• Doctor Richard Gatling

• Gatling Gun

• 1861

Richard Gatling created his gun during the American Civil War, he believed that his invention would end the war by making it unthinkable to use due to the horrific carnage possible by his weapons. At the least, the Gatling Gun's power would reduce the number of soldiers required to remain on the battlefield. The 1862 version of the Gatling gun had re loadable steel chambers and used percussion caps. It was none to jam occasional. In 1867, Gatling redesigned the Gatling gun again to use metallic cartridges - this version was bought and used by the United States Army.Than in 1870, Richard Gatling and his family moved to Hartford, Connecticut his home town, home of the Colt Armory where the Gatling gun was being manufactured.